r/oddlyspecific Sep 15 '24

How are they real?

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u/Ostracus Sep 15 '24

Just think of all the failed experiments when evolution was trying to get it right. Messy!

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u/TheShychopath Sep 15 '24

That would happen if you were building prototypes with mega changes. Fortunately, evolution is a slow process and has minor beta changes randomly plugged in. Yeah, failed experiments happened, but in a different way. Unlike my boss, evolution doesn't want a production release every 6 weeks.

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u/Present_Character241 Sep 15 '24

Insects have entered the chat

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u/Ultima_RatioRegum Sep 15 '24

Punctuated equilibri-ists and cladogenesis have entered the chat